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Today's heroine, the Mastermaid, may be the cleverest & most disruptive in fairyland (see the bit near the end where she takes various men to bed, only to make them stand up all night unable to let go of suggestive items like pokers...) https://t.co/CSUxFMFtZr

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2020-04-07

🌷#Melusine;
A heraldic symbol, as well as name, of Germanic origin; meaning
“hard worker”;

Melusine, mother’s name, ‘Pressyne;’(suffix ‘syne’)- ‘to take on an appearance of’ ~ siren?

MELISENDE; Melisandre
{name used by GR.Martin,’Songs of Fire and Ice’,}

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2020-04-07

Have you ever been in a large forest and seen a strange black tarn hidden deep among the tall trees? It looks bewitched & a little frightening.
- Helge Kjellin, "Leap Elk & Little Princess Cottongrass
(art by John Bauer)

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2020-04-01

“May you always run free beneath the moon’s pale light.”

From ‘Child of the Moon’ (Series 02, Episode 07 of ONCE UPON A TIME).

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2020-04-01

The second is my novelette, "Gretel," a reimagining of "Hansel and Gretel" with pirates, a trio of witches inspired by the Graeae, and a magical labyrinth. The cover art for both books is by Natasa Ilincic. https://t.co/eIfXkq9vjg

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2020-03-31

A folktale from Johor tells the Cinderella-esque story of a girl who was mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister until she met a kindly bear which turned out to be a human prince


🎨: Annabel Chance

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2020-03-31

'The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body' is a Norse Tale is of several good deeds, a for a steed and Giant's heart hidden in a duck egg. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen - read the story here: https://t.co/HEY1wJatEI

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2020-03-31

Some of the best loved tales of childhood,
Little Red Riding Hood
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
Beauty and the Beast
are lovingly captured in the beautiful illustrations of Margaret Tarrant.

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2020-03-31

In the Norwegian fairy tale "East of the Sun & West of the Moon," a peasant girl marries a cursed prince who's been turned into a white bear. To break the curse, the girl travels to a hidden castle, where the prince's stepmother is forcing him to marry a troll.

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2020-03-31

Your daily dose of beauty. Just because.

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2020-03-25

Told and retold: Robin McKinley's BEAUTY. Maria Tatar's excellent BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World.

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2020-03-25

Favorite fairy tale? most definitely, Beauty and the Beast.

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2020-03-24

Vintage PUSS IN BOOTS
-a fave of mine for
Moral: Your cat is smarter than you,
so listen to them😺😁😺

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2020-03-25




1. Mercè Llimona (1914-1997, Catalan)
2. Rie Cramer (1887-1977, Dutch)

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2020-03-25

This weeks is one of our all time favourite fairy tales. A proud, vain child, an old soldier with a red beard, and a pair of red shoes that will dance forever 👠

The Red Shoes - by Hans Christian Andersen. Read the full story here https://t.co/G9VdYKV7kJ

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2020-03-24

Happy birthday to To celebrate it, some artwork by Gustaf Tenggren,a Swedish-American illustrator. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, when films such as 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and 'Pinocchio' were produced

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2020-03-24

But after a time the legend evolved to the point where the banshee lost its grief and sympathy and became just an evil harbinger of death. As the tale evolved even further, the banshee's song transformed from a message to the reason of somebody's death. 2/2

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2020-03-18

I am a tad late in the day for but heyho here we are. And the fairies are greenish for St Patrick's Day!

🎨 Angel Dominguez

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2020-03-17